New Yorkers are having healthier babies

State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., announced last month that the rate of premature birth in New York is dropping. In 2009, 12.2 percent of New York’s babies were born prematurely. As of 2011, New York has dropped to a rate of 10.9 percent –a relative decline of more than 10.6 percent in two years and better than the U.S. average of 11.7 percent.

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